It's an ideology that is in opposition to most mainstream American political discourse. Democratic socialists are not as ideologically rigid as [[Marxist]]s and other [[Communists]] and have sometimes allowed private enterprise to exist under strict regulation. Some Democratic Socialist countries in the First World include the [[Scandinavia]]n countries and [[France]]. Emerging socialist democracies in the Third World include [[Venezuela]] and [[Bolivia]] (although the former and sometimes the latter are considered dictatorships by many in the [[America]]n mainstream, it is not known whether this is because of [[human rights abuses]] or just an ideological disagreement). | It's an ideology that is in opposition to most mainstream American political discourse. Democratic socialists are not as ideologically rigid as [[Marxist]]s and other [[Communists]] and have sometimes allowed private enterprise to exist under strict regulation. Some Democratic Socialist countries in the First World include the [[Scandinavia]]n countries and [[France]]. Emerging socialist democracies in the Third World include [[Venezuela]] and [[Bolivia]] (although the former and sometimes the latter are considered dictatorships by many in the [[America]]n mainstream, it is not known whether this is because of [[human rights abuses]] or just an ideological disagreement). |